John W Welte
Biographic Data
| ID | 227474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Welte |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Welte |
| SIGNATURE | WELTE J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 157 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
The Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: Results from a National Survey
Adolescents’ time use: Effects on substance use, delinquency and sexual activity
Effects of Parental Monitoring and Peer Deviance on Substance Use and Delinquency
From socialization theory, it was hypothesized that parental support and monitoring as well as peer deviance would influence individual trajectories of alcohol misuse, other substance use, and delinquency. Six waves of data were analyzed using interviews with 506 adolescents in a general population sample. Results from multilevel modeling showed that monitoring significantly predicted adolescents' initial levels (intercepts) of alcohol misuse and…
Risk factors for pathological gambling
The Relationship of Ecological and Geographic Factors to Gambling Behavior and Pathology
Gambling, substance use, and other problem behaviors among youth: A test of general deviance models
Gambling Participation in the U.S.—Results from a National Survey
Demographic patterns of gambling participation in the U.S. were examined. A national telephone survey was conducted with 2,630 representative U.S. residents aged 18 or older. The sample as weighted for analysis was 48% male, 12% black, and 11% Hispanic. Respondents were questioned on 15 types of gambling: how often they played and how much they won or lost. Eighty-two percent gambled in the past year. Lottery was the most commonly played game, wh…
Alcohol and gambling pathology among U.S. adults: Prevalence, demographic patterns and comorbidity.
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine the prevalence and demographic distribution of problem gambling, pathological gambling, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in the United States, and to examine the co-occurrence of gambling pathology and alcohol pathology in the United States. METHOD: A representative sample (N = 2,638) of U.S. adults age 18 and older was surveyed in the year 2000 using computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Re…
Deviant lifestyle and crime victimization
Youth gangs, drug use, and delinquency
Schooling and Delinquency among White and African American Adolescents
Adolescent delinquency may be a likely consequence of negative school experiences, including poor academic performance, low class attendance, and dropping out. Given disparate experiences that African American and White students often encounter in school, this investigation examined the link between delinquency and school behaviors separately for White and African American males at risk for delinquency. In addition, it asked whether school experi…
Alcohol consumption among the elderly in a general population, Erie County, New York
OBJECTIVES. Relatively few studies of drinking among the elderly have been completed despite the growing proportional representation of the elderly in the US population. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of and to observe whether active or health-oriented lifestyles are associated with heavy drinking among the elderly. METHODS. Random-digit dialing telephone interviews were conducted with 2325 Erie County, New York, general population …
Race, Class, and Gender Differences in Substance Abuse: Evidence of Middle-Class/Underclass Polarization among Black Males
In this study differences in alcohol and illicit drug use were examined in relation to Wilson's theory of class polarization within the black population. With data from a large representative sample of the adult population in New York State, regression analysis showed that the relationship between socioeconomic status and substance abuse is stronger for black males than for any other group. These findings are consistent with Wilson's (1987) theor…
Alcohol drinking patterns and blood pressure
BACKGROUND: Although blood pressure tends to increase with average alcohol consumption, little is known about the effects of drinking patterns on blood pressure. Therefore, the effects of average drinks per day and drinking pattern (defined as the independent and interactive effects of quantity and frequency) on blood pressure were compared. METHODS: Data were obtained from a random sample survey of 1,635 household residents in Erie County, New Y…
Alcohol, drugs and murder: A study of convicted homicide offenders
Causal models of adolescent substance use: An examination of gender differences using distribution-free estimators
On the basis of previous literature (Hays, Widaman, DiMatteo, & Stacey, 1987; Huba, Wingard, & Bentler, 1981), four alternative causal models of substance use were specified, estimated, and evaluated for adequacy of statistical fit for samples of White male (N = 9,164) and female (N = 8,421) adolescents. Results supported the adequacy of a four-variable simplex model, in which alcohol use predicted marijuana use, and marijuana use predicted enhan…
Patterns and predictors of alcohol use among 7-12th grade students in New York State.
A survey was conducted to determine prevalence and patterns in the use of alcohol and other substances among 7-12th grade students in New York State. Of this representative sample of 27,335 secondary school students, 71% are drinkers and 13% are heavy drinkers, i.e., they drink at least once a week and typically consume 5 or more drinks per occasion. White and American Indian students have higher rates of drinking and of heavy drinking than do Hi…
Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: Subgroup Differences and Relationships to Other Problem Behaviors
Alcohol is the most widely used-and abused-drug by American youth. Because of the prevalence of youthful alcohol abuse, there is increasing public attention toward developing alcohol-specific prevention and treatment programs for adolescents. However, studies also show that youthful alcohol abuse is associated with a variety of other adolescent problem behaviors, such as illicit drug use and delinquency. These associations have provided empirical…
Alcohol: The gateway to other drug use among secondary-school students
Effects of Parental Monitoring and Peer Deviance on Substance Use and Delinquency
From socialization theory, it was hypothesized that parental support and monitoring as well as peer deviance would influence individual trajectories of alcohol misuse, other substance use, and delinquency. Six waves of data were analyzed using interviews with 506 adolescents in a general population sample. Results from multilevel modeling showed that monitoring significantly predicted adolescents' initial levels (intercepts) of alcohol misuse and…
Adolescents’ time use: Effects on substance use, delinquency and sexual activity
Youth gangs, drug use, and delinquency
Deviant lifestyle and crime victimization
Alcohol, drugs and murder: A study of convicted homicide offenders
Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: Subgroup Differences and Relationships to Other Problem Behaviors
Alcohol is the most widely used-and abused-drug by American youth. Because of the prevalence of youthful alcohol abuse, there is increasing public attention toward developing alcohol-specific prevention and treatment programs for adolescents. However, studies also show that youthful alcohol abuse is associated with a variety of other adolescent problem behaviors, such as illicit drug use and delinquency. These associations have provided empirical…
Schooling and Delinquency among White and African American Adolescents
Adolescent delinquency may be a likely consequence of negative school experiences, including poor academic performance, low class attendance, and dropping out. Given disparate experiences that African American and White students often encounter in school, this investigation examined the link between delinquency and school behaviors separately for White and African American males at risk for delinquency. In addition, it asked whether school experi…
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Race, Class, and Gender Differences in Substance Abuse: Evidence of Middle-Class/Underclass Polarization among Black Males
In this study differences in alcohol and illicit drug use were examined in relation to Wilson's theory of class polarization within the black population. With data from a large representative sample of the adult population in New York State, regression analysis showed that the relationship between socioeconomic status and substance abuse is stronger for black males than for any other group. These findings are consistent with Wilson's (1987) theor…
Gambling, substance use, and other problem behaviors among youth: A test of general deviance models
Alcohol: The gateway to other drug use among secondary-school students
Alcohol consumption among the elderly in a general population, Erie County, New York
OBJECTIVES. Relatively few studies of drinking among the elderly have been completed despite the growing proportional representation of the elderly in the US population. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of and to observe whether active or health-oriented lifestyles are associated with heavy drinking among the elderly. METHODS. Random-digit dialing telephone interviews were conducted with 2325 Erie County, New York, general population …
Alcohol drinking patterns and blood pressure
BACKGROUND: Although blood pressure tends to increase with average alcohol consumption, little is known about the effects of drinking patterns on blood pressure. Therefore, the effects of average drinks per day and drinking pattern (defined as the independent and interactive effects of quantity and frequency) on blood pressure were compared. METHODS: Data were obtained from a random sample survey of 1,635 household residents in Erie County, New Y…
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
Alcohol: The gateway to other drug use among secondary-school students
Patterns and predictors of alcohol use among 7-12th grade students in New York State.
A survey was conducted to determine prevalence and patterns in the use of alcohol and other substances among 7-12th grade students in New York State. Of this representative sample of 27,335 secondary school students, 71% are drinkers and 13% are heavy drinkers, i.e., they drink at least once a week and typically consume 5 or more drinks per occasion. White and American Indian students have higher rates of drinking and of heavy drinking than do Hi…
Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: Subgroup Differences and Relationships to Other Problem Behaviors
Alcohol is the most widely used-and abused-drug by American youth. Because of the prevalence of youthful alcohol abuse, there is increasing public attention toward developing alcohol-specific prevention and treatment programs for adolescents. However, studies also show that youthful alcohol abuse is associated with a variety of other adolescent problem behaviors, such as illicit drug use and delinquency. These associations have provided empirical…
Causal models of adolescent substance use: An examination of gender differences using distribution-free estimators
On the basis of previous literature (Hays, Widaman, DiMatteo, & Stacey, 1987; Huba, Wingard, & Bentler, 1981), four alternative causal models of substance use were specified, estimated, and evaluated for adequacy of statistical fit for samples of White male (N = 9,164) and female (N = 8,421) adolescents. Results supported the adequacy of a four-variable simplex model, in which alcohol use predicted marijuana use, and marijuana use predicted enhan…
Alcohol, drugs and murder: A study of convicted homicide offenders
Alcohol drinking patterns and blood pressure
BACKGROUND: Although blood pressure tends to increase with average alcohol consumption, little is known about the effects of drinking patterns on blood pressure. Therefore, the effects of average drinks per day and drinking pattern (defined as the independent and interactive effects of quantity and frequency) on blood pressure were compared. METHODS: Data were obtained from a random sample survey of 1,635 household residents in Erie County, New Y…
Race, Class, and Gender Differences in Substance Abuse: Evidence of Middle-Class/Underclass Polarization among Black Males
In this study differences in alcohol and illicit drug use were examined in relation to Wilson's theory of class polarization within the black population. With data from a large representative sample of the adult population in New York State, regression analysis showed that the relationship between socioeconomic status and substance abuse is stronger for black males than for any other group. These findings are consistent with Wilson's (1987) theor…
Alcohol consumption among the elderly in a general population, Erie County, New York
OBJECTIVES. Relatively few studies of drinking among the elderly have been completed despite the growing proportional representation of the elderly in the US population. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of and to observe whether active or health-oriented lifestyles are associated with heavy drinking among the elderly. METHODS. Random-digit dialing telephone interviews were conducted with 2325 Erie County, New York, general population …
Youth gangs, drug use, and delinquency
Schooling and Delinquency among White and African American Adolescents
Adolescent delinquency may be a likely consequence of negative school experiences, including poor academic performance, low class attendance, and dropping out. Given disparate experiences that African American and White students often encounter in school, this investigation examined the link between delinquency and school behaviors separately for White and African American males at risk for delinquency. In addition, it asked whether school experi…
Alcohol and gambling pathology among U.S. adults: Prevalence, demographic patterns and comorbidity.
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to determine the prevalence and demographic distribution of problem gambling, pathological gambling, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in the United States, and to examine the co-occurrence of gambling pathology and alcohol pathology in the United States. METHOD: A representative sample (N = 2,638) of U.S. adults age 18 and older was surveyed in the year 2000 using computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Re…
Deviant lifestyle and crime victimization
Gambling Participation in the U.S.—Results from a National Survey
Demographic patterns of gambling participation in the U.S. were examined. A national telephone survey was conducted with 2,630 representative U.S. residents aged 18 or older. The sample as weighted for analysis was 48% male, 12% black, and 11% Hispanic. Respondents were questioned on 15 types of gambling: how often they played and how much they won or lost. Eighty-two percent gambled in the past year. Lottery was the most commonly played game, wh…
Risk factors for pathological gambling
The Relationship of Ecological and Geographic Factors to Gambling Behavior and Pathology
Gambling, substance use, and other problem behaviors among youth: A test of general deviance models
Effects of Parental Monitoring and Peer Deviance on Substance Use and Delinquency
From socialization theory, it was hypothesized that parental support and monitoring as well as peer deviance would influence individual trajectories of alcohol misuse, other substance use, and delinquency. Six waves of data were analyzed using interviews with 506 adolescents in a general population sample. Results from multilevel modeling showed that monitoring significantly predicted adolescents' initial levels (intercepts) of alcohol misuse and…
Adolescents’ time use: Effects on substance use, delinquency and sexual activity
The Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: Results from a National Survey
Delinquency and alcohol-impaired driving among young males: A longitudinal study
Victimization, psychological distress and subsequent offending among youth
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Population (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Juvenile delinquency (8 works)